Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-02-26
AccOMACC r. VA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY &C. 1887.

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2Ebrealling emblem in ,Iennies room?
.IsHer picture, sweet child! with a
5Ecrown of fading flowers encrcling
.|sit-and here in Carries room her
.Ipicture, the darling, also crowned
with immortelles.
A sreatappalling throb of apple
IFllension and whitening pAin shot
,EnnrepresSed through the mothers
:Eheart at the mention of their name.
Where was winsnme-nn longer
Emischicvous but wlnsome-Willies
Where pray, were sportvo Car
ireland lively .Jcnniee Where. too:
Ebonnding lovely little Jack? eyes"
Eshes said, vaguely peering about in
1.-The sunless gloom. where are my
Epreci0us childrenm
Is She left the dining room and par
Elor and went from one cllild's
Echamber to Misunderstanding in
THAT same depressing order, even
Etheir little beds were unrulfled,
Ieachsmoth pillow looked as if un-
pressed By a sunny head for-oll
ESQ long.
And Jacks room, forlorn in its
Iltiliness; yes, yes, a funeral wreath
lin his room, dear, loving little
Jack.
Mrs. Jewett's first impulse was
Etodisarrange everything; the quiet
and .palling neatneis were goadlng
her to madness; even kitty had de.
serted the sunless, childless house.
but the chldren-oh, the children!
The mother felt as if her brain
was afre, and her heart was burst
ing with its pent grief; she could
not endure it another moment
and she awolle.
Thank God! She was sitting
directly in the rare, sweet SILL
light which God made TO come in,
not to shut out Of our homes. In
.the garden she heard the sweet,
Ldelightsome voices of her children
the blessed little children.
Kitty, with fluttering little paws.
was clutching with unchecked glee
at the tassels of the muslin curtain,
and she noticed with a sigh of re-
lief tlatthe mahogany bureau, with
Its FURNISHED surface, had been
paved with fresh finger marks.
Mrs. Jewett arose slowly, locked
the door, then knelt down; after
awhile she went forth, a new quiet
in her heart, a new smile on her
face.
In the dining room she raised
the curtains, so that the sunlight
danced gaily through the room.
Jennie came in with torn apron
and was greeted with a smile OF
welc0me-rent and all.
Willie had been using paste in
:the dining room, and had dan bed
file cloth, door knoband his blouse,
but mamma PATIENTLY showed him
ihoM.t o.cleansthe. spots away, and!
< time
= The chndTen had glorionsl.
!. happy dav. At night, when the,
!, were all asleep, their mother wen
! from room to room, gazing will
pure thankinlness at each darling
! little sleeper, so dear! She sighed
then smiled at the little porcelain
vase in Willie's room, filed wit
sweet, wild flowers OF his owl
plucking.
!, Then Sue went to her own room
Il y and tearfully told "fathcr"'aer ter
rible dream.
/ He kissed his wife's fair bro'
fondy, and said, soothingly;
- "Never mind, dear; we're a
;, ;, right now"
0 And they we're. The timel
warning was not lost on the moth
!, er's heart, for she never forgot hoy
u terrible it was when in dreams sl
u roamed from one empty, orderl
e e room to another in quest OF he
u children, and could not find then
And she resolved that she woul
e not wait to place white flowers
p their hand when the perfume conl
u not reach the dulled sense and the
% fading beauty would only break he
heart; the children should have til
:; flowers now, while their dear cy'
!. were open to behold them, an
" their hearts still alive to allofeartll
% comforts and delights.
And we would that many anot
&c &c er wife and mother, who is drlf
~ ~ ing into habits Of fretfnlness al
VI nervousness through undue ca
= for the chldren's bodies rath
III than their souls s'might dream tn
u, , lady's dream
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er Good-Naturcd Men.
I'd rl,oro ora l,1hrjcotOrs among me